Python Script To Get Mac Address ...

[Trip]

import commands
def getmac(iface):
    data = commands.getoutput("ifconfig " + 1face)
    words = data.split()
    found = 0
    for x in words:
        #print x
        if found != 0:
            mac = x
            break
        if x == "HWaddr":
            found = 1
    if len(mac) == 0:
        mac = 'Mac not found'
    mac = mac[:17]
    return mac

im sure there is a better method for looping round the word list numerically rather than having to wait for the next step to grab the mac ... ie.

if words[x].strip() == 'HWaddr':

mac = words[x+1]

break

but havent found an easy way of grabbing the upper bound number from the string array.

if you know a better way of doing this please let me know ;0)

Edited May 25, 2011 by Trip

[leg3nd]

Okay I got a couple ideas for yea..

If you wanna keep it sexy and pythonic, how about some RegEx B)

import commands, re
def getmac(iface):
    ifconfig = commands.getoutput("ifconfig " + iface)
    mac = re.search('\w\w:\w\w:.+\n', ifconfig)
    if mac is None:
        parsedMac = 'Mac not found'
    else:
        parsedMac = mac.group()
    print parsedMac #Or use return here.
getmac('eth0')

Considering your rockin' ifconfig already, could also get kinda bourne with it (More my style :D )

import commands
def getmac(iface):
    ifconfig = commands.getoutput("ifconfig " + iface + "| grep HWaddr | awk '{ print $5 }'")
    if len(ifconfig) != 17:
        mac = 'Mac not found'
    else:
        mac = ifconfig
    print mac #Or use return here.
getmac('eth0')

Hope this helps you out a bit.. If you wanna dive into the 1337 world of python, I recommend these awsome videos from google to start out.

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=google+python+class&aq=f

Enjoy!

[Trip]

nice dude ill check them out in 2mins ...

check this out ... :D

import commands
def getmac(iface):
    words = commands.getoutput("ifconfig " + iface).split()	
    for x in range(0,len(words)):
        if words[x].strip() == "HWaddr":
            mac = words[x+1].strip()
            break
    if len(mac) == 0:
        mac = 'Mac not found'
    mac = mac[:17]
    return mac

much better :D

just checked yours ... this would be better

import commands
def getmac(iface):
    ifconfig = commands.getoutput("ifconfig " + iface + "| grep HWaddr | awk '{ print $5 }'").strip() #<< added strip to remove leading / trailing spaces

    if len(ifconfig) == 0:
        mac = 'Mac not found'
    else:
        mac = ifconfig[:17] #<< return the left 17 characters
    return mac

sometimes aircrack messes up my mac address

rather than 00:22:77:33:66:44

it shows up as ...

00:22:77:33:66:44:00:00:00:00:00:00

thats why i added the left 17 thing ;)

just tested it ... works beautifully

import commands
def getmac(iface):
    ifconfig = commands.getoutput("ifconfig " + iface + "| grep HWaddr | awk '{ print $5 }'").strip()
    if len(ifconfig) == 0:
        mac = 'Mac not found'
    else:
        mac = ifconfig[:17]
    return mac
print getmac('wlan0')

Edited May 26, 2011 by Trip

[leg3nd]

Ah, kind of a weird issue. But I have seen that 00:00:00:00:00 pop up with airdrop and airodump a few times as well, never really figured out why.

But hey whatever gets the job done! Hope it helped, Good luck.

[Trip]

Ah, kind of a weird issue. But I have seen that 00:00:00:00:00 pop up with airdrop and airodump a few times as well, never really figured out why.

But hey whatever gets the job done! Hope it helped, Good luck.

hehe wanna feel leet dude ??? ....

def getmac():
	""" returns the MAC address of the current interface """
	global IFACE

	proc_mac = subprocess.Popen(['ifconfig',IFACE], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=open(os.devnull, 'w'))
	proc_mac.wait()
	lines = proc_mac.communicate()[0]
	if lines == None:
		return 'NO MAC'

	for line in lines:
		line = lines.split('\n')[0]
		line=line[line.find('HWaddr ')+7:]
		if line.find('-') != -1:
			macnum=line.split('-')
			mac=''
			for i in xrange(0, len(macnum)):
				mac=mac+macnum[i]
				if i < 5:
					mac=mac+':'
				else:
					break
			return mac
		else:
			return line.strip()

look at the mess that is in wifite LOL omg even my code is better hehe yours is uber ROTFL

yo dude check this out ... http://code.google.com/p/wifite/issues/detail?id=48

Edited May 26, 2011 by Trip

[leg3nd]

Yeah my god.. All those nested iterations and statements.. I'm not sure if it could be any more un-pythonic lol

And I am honestly no python master, I consider myself a beginner at best really..

If you wanna check out some real pro's hop into #python. Some of the guys in there really know there stuff (although some don't always explain it in the easiest manner in my experience).

Edited May 26, 2011 by leg3nd

[JayBlack]

Come one guys, you've written way too much code for something so simple. Try this:

#!/usr/bin/python 

import commands

def getmac(iface):
    words = commands.getoutput("ifconfig " + iface).split()
    if "HWaddr" in words:
	return words[ words.index("HWaddr") + 1 ]
    else:
        return 'MAC Address Not Found!'

if __name__ == "__main__":
	print getmac( "wlan0" )

You can also swap out 'if' and 'else' with 'try' and 'except' if you would like to raise an exception error on not finding the MAC address.

[bazju]

Another way for no reason other than I'm bored.

#!/usr/bin/python

import os

def findmac(iFace):

    f=os.popen('ifconfig ' + iFace)
    output = f.read()
    f.close()

    if 'HWaddr' in output:
        return 'MAC ADDRESS: ' + output[(output.find('HWaddr')+6):(output.find('HWaddr')+24)]

    else:
        return 'MAC NOT FOUND!'

if __name__ == '__main__':
    print findmac('wlan0')